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...spend so much time at the Fogg that I didn’t like the idea of them changing the space,” she said. “But once I heard more about it, I realized how important it is. It will have more places that foster students being there.” Many students said that they approved of the renovations but did not know whether or not it would increase their chances of visiting. “I’ve only been to the museum once before,” said Yichen Shen...
...documentary film “Control Room,” which details the Al Jazeera television network, recently organized the first ever Pangea Day, which debuted on May 10. Pangea Day, designed to bring together independent filmmakers from around the world, was hailed as an event to help foster world peace through technology and mutual respect. Before the Day was upon her, FM sat down with this Harvard grad to discuss her fabulous forms of visual diplomacy, her hopes for the film festival, and her plans for the future. 1.Fifteen Minutes: How did you come up with the idea...
Tibetans urged Han Chinese, members of the largest ethnic group in China, to recognize them culturally and politically at an event last night that aimed to foster discussion between the two groups in light of continuing violence in Tibet. More than 150 people attended the event—entitled “Working Towards a Better Future: A Cross-Cultural Dialogue between Tibetans and Han Chinese”—which featured two Tibetan and two Chinese panelists. Tibet Poverty Alleviation Fund President Arthur N. Holcombe said that a resolution would only result from dialogue between the two groups...
Lahiri's rise is part of a changing of the guard in American fiction, from a generation in which white American-born men still play a primary role (Jonathan Franzen, David Foster Wallace, Michael Chabon) to one in which the principal voices weren't born here, like Lahiri, Edwidge Danticat (born in Haiti), Gary Shteyngart (Russia) and Junot Daz (the Dominican Republic). They're transnationals, writers for whom displacement and dual cultural citizenship aren't a temporary political accident but the status...
...study published by researchers at the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) last month found that the Hajj, the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca, makes pilgrims more peaceful and tolerant rather than fostering feelings of self-isolation. After reviewing data from a 2006 survey to 1,600 Sunni pilgrims from Pakistan, researchers Asim Ijaz Khwaja of HKS, Michael R. Kremer of the Department of Economics, and David Clingingsmith of Case Western Reserve University, concluded that participation in the Hajj bolsters pilgrims’ observance of Islamic practices, including the five daily prayers and fasting, while decreasing their adherence to local customs, like...